Mara Expedition Camp
Explorer-style tented camp · Central reserve near Ol Kiombo, on the operator's word · Great Plains Conservation
Top-end
Inside the park
Safari company
Mara Expedition is the lower-priced camp in Great Plains Conservation's Mara portfolio: five tents and a two-bedroom family tent, which Great Plains places in the reserve with access to Mara North Conservancy. At $1,225 per person, fully inclusive, the figure looks steep, but Great Plains bundles drinks, transfers and scheduled flights from Wilson, which most camps charge on top. The catch is the location: Ol Kiombo airstrip is in the central reserve and Mara North is on the far northern side, so 'access to' Mara North probably means a long drive, and the exact site is not published. Choose it if you want one bill that covers flights; skip it if you want to know exactly where your tent stands.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Scheduled flights from Wilson included on a two-night minimum
- Drinks, laundry and transfers in the rate
- Six tents only
- Family tent with two bedrooms
Cons
- Exact site not published
- Mara North access from a central-reserve camp means a long drive
- Park fee line not spelt out on this camp's page
- We found no published child policy
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Family rooms
- Laundry
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Mara Expedition Camp's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Masai Mara National Reserve charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe non-resident rate from 1 July to 31 December; $100 from 1 January to 30 June.
- $200per person, per day
- VehicleKSh 1,000 a day for a car under six seats, about $8 at KSh 129 to the dollar.
- $8per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $1224 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The figure above uses the July to December rate. From January to June the same sum halves for the people. A day is 06:00 to 18:00, and guests in the conservancies outside the reserve pay only on the days they drive in.
The full fee schedule for Masai Mara National ReserveRates at Mara Expedition Camp
From $1,225 pppn. Great Plains' page (read 6 Oct 2026): from $1,225 per person sharing per night, fully inclusive of accommodation, activities in the reserve and Mara North Conservancy, all meals, laundry, Ol Kiombo airstrip transfers and drinks. Great Plains says its Mara camps include park and conservancy fees and scheduled seat-in-plane flights from Nairobi Wilson on a two-night minimum; this camp's page does not spell out the park fee line, so confirm it.
All inclusive. The rate covers meals, drinks, activities and the transfers named below. Park fees are charged separately.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked on 6 October 2026 against each operator's own website or 2026 rate sheet, in US dollars per person per night sharing unless the entry says otherwise. One figure is a reseller's, not the owner's: Olonana Lodge's $2,450 (safari.com, 6 Oct 2026), because A&K's own page would not load. Angama's rates come from a January 2026 copy of its site, since the live site blocks automated reading. On top of nearly every rate sits Narok County's reserve ticket: $100 per non-resident adult per 12-hour day (6 am to 6 pm) from January to June and $200 from July to December, $50 for a child of 9 to 17, free at 8 and under. Conservancy camps add their own nightly fee, $130 per adult in Mara North, Olare Motorogi and Naboisho in 2026 and $116 in Mara Siana, unless the entry says it is included.
Questions about Mara Expedition Camp
Does Mara Expedition Camp include flights?
Great Plains says its Mara camps are sold fully inclusive with scheduled seat-in-plane flights from Nairobi Wilson, subject to a two-night minimum. The camp page lists Ol Kiombo airstrip transfers, meals, drinks and laundry in the $1,225 rate.
Is Mara Expedition Camp inside the reserve?
Great Plains says it is located in the Masai Mara National Reserve with access to Mara North Conservancy. It does not publish the exact site, and Ol Kiombo airstrip, which it uses, is in the central reserve.
Can children stay at Mara Expedition Camp?
There is a two-bedroom family tent, but we found no published child policy with a minimum age. Ask Great Plains before booking.